Veronica Roth - Divergent (2011)

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She wanted us to have more than five choices. Now we have none.

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He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and kisses me, sending a warm ache through my body. I wrap my hands around his arm, holding him there as long as I can. When he touches me, the hollowed-out feeling in my chest and stomach is not as noticeable.

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I am fed up. I am fed up with tears and weakness. But there isn't much I can do to stop them.

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I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.

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It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's wrong, Tris. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened to you. And anyone who tells you it's okay is a liar.

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Chaos and destruction do tend to take away a person's dating possibilities.

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Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives.

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I'm not anyone, he says. I'm nobody. That's what being factionless is.

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To live factionless Is not just to live in poverty and discomfort; it is to live divorced from society, separated from the most important thing in life: community. My mother once told me that we can't survive alone, but even if we could, we wouldn't want to. Without a faction, we have no purpose and no reason to live.

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Don't worry about me handling the pain," I say. "I've had a lot of practice.

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Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them.

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Out of my peripheral vision, I see Four shove the door open and walk out. Apparently this fight isn't interesting enough for him. Or maybe he's going to figure out why everything's spinning like a top, and I don't blame him; I want to know the answer too.

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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

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I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent away when they can't jump off moving trains anymore?

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What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?

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There is a reason you don't know all the things I know. -Marcus Eaton

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It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But some dirt is destined to lingered.

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You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you're prepared to defend yourself.

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I get up, because I'm supposed to, but if it were up to me, I'd stay in my seat for the rest of time.

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The shouts of triumph become infectious, and I lift my voice to join in, running toward my teammates. Christina holds the flag up high, and everyone clusters around her, grabbing her arm to lift the flag even higher. I can't reach her, so I stand off to the side, grinning. A hand touches my shoulder. "Well done," Four says quietly.

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Without thinking, I grab Al's arm and squeeze it as tightly as I can. I just need something to hold on to. Blood runs down the side of Christina's face and splatters on the ground next to her cheek. This is the first time I have ever prayed for someone to fall unconscious.... Al frees his hand and pulls me tight to his side. I clench my teeth to keep from crying out.

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She must love me, to worry about me. She must still be capable of love.

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There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's your name?" "Um..." I don't know why I hesitate. But "Beatrice" just doesn't sound right anymore. "Think about it," he says, a faint smile curling his lips. " You don't get to pick again." A new place, a new name. I can be remade here. "Tris," I say firmly.

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My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.

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You're the one who has to live with your choice, everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide. But you never will

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My problem might be that even if I did go home, I wouldn't belong there, among people who give without thinking and care without trying.

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Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actually seen, only dreamed of.

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Four grabs a bar with each hand and pulls himself up, easy, like he's sitting up in bed. But he is not comfortable or natural here— every muscle in his arm stands out. it is a stupid thing for me to think when I am one hundred feet off the ground.

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I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. I savor the air we share in the second afterwards and the slip of her nose across mine. I think of something to say, but it is too intimate, so I swallow it. A moment later I decide I don't care. "I wish we were alone," I say as I back out of the cell. She smiles. "I almost always wish that.

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I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken.

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